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I keep an I Ching journal. I often write to the Sage as if I am to talking to her & she is sitting at the table with me. " Today I wrote my life is a mess. I don't know what to do or how to do it. I need help. How do I get out of this mess? " a little background I have severe back pain ( had surgery & many cortisone shots ) & Fibromyalgia. I am in pain all of the time. After working 30 years I am on long term disability. Lost everything, my home et... self respect... friends... My family has never been there for me. I am om my own & live alone. I know I need to change but I don't know what to do. Because of my illnesses I am unreliable it is very hard to make plans & keep them. I am embarrassed the way my life has turned out. What are your thoughts on the answer? Thanks in advance for your help.
 
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Hello, sad to hear that you are alone and struggling. Getting hex 1 unchanged may be stressing just that-you are single, not without possibilities but energies within you are chaotic, not rooted, just a whole lot of yin, no yang.
So some yang would help to create balance.
Calm down. Sit down, re-evaluate your situation in life again in a creative way.
What you are being told here in my opinion are two things-description of your state (chaotic energies-pain and possibilities within yourself) and the emphasis on the unchanged hex that speaks of CREATIVE energy you have as a potential that needs to be formed and turned into concrete plan and use to work around your life situation to make it better.
Things change and you are the one to work the change. Best of luck, d.
 

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I see this as it's up to you to utilize the energy that exists, initiate action and create what you'd like. So, what would you love to create?

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There is a thread that discusses hex 1 unchanging, here. Maybe something in there will give you some ideas. I hope so.

I got hex 1 unchanging once when I asked Yi to "describe my life" or some such question. Years later, I think the jury is still out on whether it meant "frustrated ambition" or "creative force" (or some other twist...). Up to now it's been the former, but some kind of "creation" could still pop up at any time, as long as we're still alive, right? (Of course there's no guarantee, but as long as we don't know for sure, there is still hope!)

Getting hex 1 unchanged may be stressing just that-you are single
That's an interesting thought! Changing that situation (if that's what it means) wouldn't necessarily have to mean getting married, although it could. One possible other option might be to think about a roommate, depending on how comfortable you'd be with that. It wouldn't be a solution for me, but it works out nicely for some folks. (Of course, it may not make the slightest sense to you; it's just what occurred to me when I saw that comment by dragona.)

Good luck. I'm terribly sorry things are such a mess for you :hug:.
 

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just to add, i considered to change the word "single" into "on your own" or something in that manner, but it is just as it is, number one, beginning, amidst of seemingly? chaotic universe...btw, i did get it as second hex after a breakup, so...
 

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How do I get out of this mess?
1 unchanging


Welcome to Clarity. Hexagram 1 is the hexagram of energy. You need to change the energies you are exposed to. Look, I myself have had severe back pain and fibromyalgia, though fibromyalgia is rarer in men.These are no longer significant problems in my life. When I was in my my 40's and was limping down an isle in Kmart, a guy said, "Let me get out of your way, old fellow," and that was undoubtedly the impression I gave. I was a relatively young man and yet had the carriage of an old man. I will tell you what I did, but I cannot guarantee that it will work for you. First, you need to significantly increase the amount of vegetables in your diet, easier said than done. Vegetables are extraordinarily expensive in the USA because they are shipped from Mexico or farther south. I became a serious gardener, so vegetables cost me little more than my labor. Probably I gave away more than 150 pounds of tomatoes this year, and even this late in the season I gave my sister tomatoes today. Vegetables will help you lose weight which is crucially important because it will reduce the strain on your back and will reduce the hormone imbalance that (in my opinion) causes fibromyalgia. Fat increases the supply of female hormones, which everyone needs to a degree, but in excess they cause disorders. Fibromyalgia (here again, in my opinion) is caused by an excess of female hormones. Somehow this imbalance causes an inflammation of tendons about joints, which inflammation migrates to muscles. Lose weight and you will lose this tendency to inflammation. That is my experience. I am down 30 pounds and would be better off if I lost another 30, but I have not been able to do it.

Secondly, get an electric massager to work out the trigger points of fibromyalgia. You cannot do this with your fingers, and there is much bad advice about trigger points on the Internet. From personal experience, nothing works as well as an inexpensive electric massager. It can erase a trigger point in a matter of minutes. The massager I have was bought 20 years ago at Big Lots (a discounter of discontinued merchandise), so probably this item is no longer available, but its label says "Wahl, all-body massager." It has a single vibrating point and works well.

Thirdly, reduce the interpersonal stress in your life. If it is possible, make friends with a member of your family. Do not ask them for anything but offer them something. Invite one over for a meal. Whatever. You know what is possible. Blood is thicker than water, and some things we cannot escape.

There is no reason why you should be embarrassed by the way your life has turned out. In my experience, the most important things in life are accidental, including profession and achievements. It is an illusion that we are in control of fate. Forty year ago during 30 below weather in northern Maine, I offered a ride to a guy by the side of the road. I could not leave him on the road in such circumstances. When we got to the end of the paved road, he said, " Keep going", and I said to myself, "What the hell have I gotten myself into" because I had neither snow tires nor chains, but he live only a short distance beyond the end of paving in an impressive two-story house. Later, he stopped by my place and invited me to visit. Late one night he pulled a book off its shelf and said to me, "This is a mysterious book." I had never seen it before. It was the Dover edition of Legge's I Ching. That chance moment has determined the course of my life.
 

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Very good advice. I can see how the Iching can change a person's life, the answers I have gotten are really spot on, I didn't understand hex1 though. Great Story!!! thanks for taking the time to write.
 

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Thank you so much taking the time to write, I have been getting hex 1 and 51 ( chen ) a lot, I am frustrated about a lot of things. and thanks for the link. This is a wonderful site.
 
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It's odd how we get this hexagram of pure yang energy at times when we feel we have none, at times when we're really low.

I liked what Pocassin said about vegetables and changing the level of hormones in the body. This takes time and it maybe takes constant reminders, too, because it's not at all easy to do . . . So I want to be one of those who have chimed in about increasing your intake of vegetables.
 
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It's odd how we get this hexagram of pure yang energy at times when we feel we have none, at times when we're really low.

hmmm, I usually have that with 14.

Even as 1.1 emerges, I feel its power or energy, and am sometimes tempted to exceed it.
 

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